Al-Suweidan ... focusing on cost effectiveness

The company rolls out enhanced ship designs with varying engine powers and age brackets, which represent the most carefully-selected criteria across BGMS fleet vessels to demonstrate its accurate understanding of the customers’ needs


Baas Global Marine Services (BGMS), an upwardly growing marine service contractor with prime focus on offshore E&P support for the oil and gas, chemical and petrochemical projects, currently has a growing fleet of ten DP-II anchor handling tug supply, safety standby vessels, in addition to several berthing and harbour tugs.

Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, the company has over 150 employees in shipboard and office functions with above 85 per cent Saudisation achievement in frontline, technical management and administrative support.  Moreover, BGMS is committed to supporting Saudi Aramco’s In-kingdom Total Value Add Programme (IKTVA), with smart and creative solutions for employee training and local vendor development initiatives. "We are committed to the best-in-class offshore services to Saudi Aramco and GCC operators under our current and forthcoming contracts," says Bader Al-Suweidan, group chairman.

In today’s offshore operations, the major focus is placed on time efficiency and cost effectiveness. "At BGMS, we believe in sustainable service quality as a direct means to achieve cost effectiveness," he says. "The serious commitment of BGMS senior management to its quality programme is demonstrated by constant support and involvement in the international schemes of total quality and safety management systems, along with efficient employee and management training, assessment and succession planning in-place to ensure highest levels of quality performance via continuous development of resources," he adds.

"The company rolls out enhanced ship designs with varying engine powers and age brackets, which represent the most carefully-selected criteria across BGMS fleet vessels to demonstrate our accurate understanding of the customers’ needs as well as practical operational requirements," says Wael Al-Mofty, BGMS general manager.

"Our company’s core values are firmed around maintaining a distinguished culture; always recognising our people as a key asset; having a regional presence with an international attitude; and growing with dedication and professionalism; while sponsoring candidate technologies and innovations in our fields of activity," says Al-Mofty.

BGMS’ service quality is not limited to conducting services at the customer front, he says adding that it is a state of mind that reflects on the general performance and functional activities of the organisation.

BGMS services span over the various aspects of management, chartering and operation of OSV’s including jack-up barges, AHTSS vessels and docking tugs in addition to special purpose vessels for geo-technical surveys and hookup support. The company also possesses Photo Realistic 3D Cloud (PRC), a cutting-edge innovative technology to scan complete structures and pipeline sections underwater and creating 3D Models with high degrees of accuracy exceeding 1/1000.

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